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| BitDefender update hobbles 64-bit Windows PCs (PC Advisor) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:21 AM PDT March 22, 2010 Fix now available for BitDefender antivirus usersBitDefender users started flooding the company's support forums on after a faulty antivirus update caused 64-bit Windows machines to stop working. The company acknowledged the issue in a note explaining the problem. "Due to a recent update it is possible that BitDefender detects several Windows and BitDefender files as infected with Trojan.FakeAlert.5," the company said. The acknowledgement came after BitDefender users had logged hundreds of posts on the topic. Some complained of being unable to reboot their systems. "EVERY file that is trying to run is getting quarantined," one user, identified as lhmathys, reported. "Windows Explorer and even BitDefender update itself is being quarantined. Someone really screwed this one up." "We are in a really terrible position now," wrote another user, identified as ufitec. "We have 150 business clients and most of the pcs [on] which BitDefender thinks everything is virus does not boot any more!!!!" In its note on the issue BitDefender said it had issued a fix for the problem and offered instructions on how to repair the damage, saying that customers should remove files from quarantine and reboot. Users who can't do that need to either use Windows' Last Known Good Configuration restore or System Restore options. Earlier in the day, the company had advised users to disable the BitDefender antivirus module and wait for a new definition update, which is supposed to correct the problem. BitDefender did not reply to several messages asking for comment. See also:
Free whitepaper: Phishing for victims - Truth, myth and cybercrime <<newer story | back to index | older story>> Comments receivedMatt Hicks BitDefender UK said on Monday, 22 March 2010 Hi everyone, We are very sorry for the problems people may have had in regards to this issue. We have been providing information to our users via support articles that are updated regularly as we implement solutions: Home users will find solutions here: www.bitdefender.com/site/KnowledgeBase/consumer/#638 BitDefender Business Client users will find solutions here: www.bitdefender.com/site/KnowledgeBase/consumer/#643 BitDefender Security for File Servers users will find solutions here: www.bitdefender.com/site/KnowledgeBase/consumer/#642 Best,
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| Malware infected memory cards of 3,000 Vodafone mobiles (ARNnet) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PDT Malware-tainted memory cards may have ended up on as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones, a greater number than first suspected, Vodafone said Friday. The problem came to light earlier this month after an employee of Panda Security plugged a newly ordered phone into a Windows computer, where it triggered an alert from the antivirus software. Further inspection of the phone found the device's 8GB microSD memory card was infected with a client for the now-defunct Mariposa botnet, the Conficker worm and a password stealer for the Lineage game. Vodafone said then it was an isolated incident, but an employee at Spanish security company S21sec discovered another phone with an infected card, which it sent to Panda. That phone was purchased directly from Vodafone's Web site in the same week as the first phone, according to Panda. It is unclear how the batch of memory cards became infected although an investigation is under way, said a spokesman for Vodafone in Spain. There are no problems with either the HTC Magic phone or its Android OS. The malware only affected phones sold in Spain. Vodafone will send a letter along with a new memory card to affected customers, the spokesman said. The letter will contain instructions for how customers can give their PCs free antivirus scans on Panda's Web site, which partners with Vodafone. He said Vodafone will give security software to people whose computers have become infected as a result of plugging in an infected HTC phone. With the first phone, the Mariposa botnet code automatically ran and attempted to infect a computer. Mariposa was at one time one of the largest botnets, but security researchers were able to shut it down in December after disabling its command-and-control servers. Conficker is a worm that still infects millions of machines worldwide, but its autorun capability may have been disabled by Mariposa, Panda said. The password-stealing program would not run unless someone double clicked the file. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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